Digestive Diseases
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed ulcers: 15.0 million
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed ulcers: 6.5%
Health care use
Ambulatory care
- Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with diseases of the digestive system as the primary diagnosis: 44.1 million (average annual, 2006-2007)
Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007: table 7 [PDF - 797 KB]
More Data
- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Summary Tables [PDF - 382 KB]
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Emergency Department Summary Tables [PDF - 481 KB]
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Outpatient Department Summary Tables [PDF - 330 KB]
- Search Tables for Digestive in Health Data Interactive
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